By Rob Calonge
He leaves the Golden Bears with 52 consecutive starts under his belt, but even some of the die-hard Bear Backers have trouble remembering his name. That's just the way Nick Sundberg likes it. If he gets his name called by an announcer during a game, that means that he hasn't accomplished his one and only goal - perfection. For a long snapper, there's only one statistic that matters. You won't find the statistic in the box score and even though Sundberg's job enables points on the board, he'll never see himself credited with any. You may not see the stat, but he and his coaches know. That stat is what's called 'stat accuracy' and if it's listed, then it's due to an error being credited to him.
In fact, the only time that he was credited with a stat in his entire Cal career, was when he wasn't perfect on the season. His junior year, he was listed with a 99.2% accuracy (128 out of 129 snaps), but his 100% rating each of his other three years as a Bear are nowhere to be found.
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